Page 1762 - Week 09 - Tuesday, 17 October 1989
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which provides eligible HACC clients with a case manager who can coordinate the client's services and purchase additional services where necessary.
5. NUMBERS OF CLIENTS SERVICED
The North Lyneham group house will be home for four persons with intellectual disability. The number of clients to be serviced by other initiatives will be hard to specify, but within the limits of available resources, the needs of as many clients as possible will be met.
6. FUNDING OF SERVICES
The North Lyneham group house will be fully funded by this Government. Other services funding may either come from the ACT Government, for instance through intellectual disability services programs, community development fund grants, et cetera; be jointly funded by the Commonwealth and ACT governments, for example the HACC program; or Commonwealth funded, for instance as a Disability Services Act initiative.
7. PER CAPITA CONTRIBUTION FROM ACT FUNDS
ACT Government spending on services for people with intellectual disability was in the vicinity of $8m in 1988-89. This money was allocated to government and non-government programs for a range of relevant services, including my department's intellectual disability service, Birralee respite care service, therapy centre early intervention service, Hartley Street Centre, and non-government organisations such as Koomarri and those funded by the community development fund or through HACC.
Since there are no reliable data on the numbers of people with an intellectual disability in the ACT, I am unable to provide information on the per capita contribution.
8. EFFECTS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF DISABILITY SERVICES ACT
ACT Government funding levels are not expected to be affected by Commonwealth funding under the Disability Services Act 1986. However, emphasis in the ACT service delivery is shifting towards the principles and objectives of the Act. I shall be asking officers of my department and members of the Disability Services Advisory Committee to monitor the effects of implementation of the Act on service provision in the ACT, and to keep me informed.
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